How Long to Read Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems

How Long Does it Take to Read Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems by Walter T. Grandy Jr.

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book is based on the premise that the entropy concept, a fundamental element of probability theory as logic, governs all of thermal physics, both equilibrium and nonequilibrium. The variational algorithm of J. Willard Gibbs, dating from the 19th Century and extended considerably over the following 100 years, is shown to be the governing feature over the entire range of thermal phenomena, such that only the nature of the macroscopic constraints changes. Beginning with a short history of the development of the entropy concept by Rudolph Clausius and his predecessors, along with the formalization of classical thermodynamics by Gibbs, the first part of the book describes the quest to uncover the meaning of thermodynamic entropy, which leads to its relationship with probability and information as first envisioned by Ludwig Boltzmann. Recognition of entropy first of all as a fundamental element of probability theory in mid-twentieth Century led to deep insights into both statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, the details of which are presented here in several chapters. The later chapters extend these ideas to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics in an unambiguous manner, thereby exhibiting the overall unifying role of the entropy.

How long is Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems?

Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems by Walter T. Grandy Jr. is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems aloud.

What Reading Level is Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems?

Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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